As Twitchy told you earlier, BuzzFeed’s Anthony Cormier admitted to CNN’s Alisyn Camerota that he had “not personally” seen the evidence supporting the report he co-authored, a report claiming that Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie during congressional testimony.
The thing is, Jason Leopold, who co-authored the report with Cormier, went on MSNBC later and pretty strongly contradicted Cormier:
wut? pic.twitter.com/T5Inqf2afP
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019
Take a look:
BuzzFeed's @a_cormier_ told CNN this morning that they have not actually seen the documents they're reporting on.
But his colleague, @JasonLeopold, who cowrote the piece, just told MSNBC: "I’ll just say we’ve seen documents, we’ve been briefed on documents." pic.twitter.com/cQtlj0SdYo
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 18, 2019
Sounds like somebody’s not telling the truth.
So one of them is outright lying. Not a good look @BuzzFeed
— Denny Loggins (@DerpFlannel) January 18, 2019
Not a good look at all. But they’re used to that.
“I don’t think that we’ve said that we haven’t seen them.” – Leopold's exact quote on MSBC after being asked about Cormier's comments on CNN earlier.
Cormier's quote – “No, I’ve not seen it personally.” when asked by Alisyn Camerota
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019
Cormier on CNN says had not personally seen evidence. Leopold on MSNBC stating he saw documents. Probably should get your guys on the same page here @BuzzFeedBen
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019
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It's worse than that. He implies that his co-author saw them, too: "We saw documents."
— Becca Lower (@BeccaJLower) January 18, 2019
Did you see evidence to support your report or not? Seems like a pretty important detail to get right between two people sharing a byline in your bombshell nail in the coffin impeachment of a sitting president. @BuzzFeedBen
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 18, 2019
We’re no journalists or anything, but it seems like if you’re going to run with a “bombshell” story like this, you’d better make damn sure you’ve got your stories straight.
dueling narratives.
here's a list of 25 reasons why Buzzfeed is a trash pile!
— Some random thoughts (@someideasnstuff) January 18, 2019
They have both seen and not-seen the evidence for their story that, if true, is big.
— … (@jtLOL) January 18, 2019
Schrodinger's collusion
— ??️? ??.gif (@nhdre) January 18, 2019
Ha! But seriously. BuzzFeed is a textbook example of how not to journalism.
We all know Leopold’s History of fabrication, right?
— Top (@topsecretk9) January 18, 2019
Leopold is a serial fabulist. https://t.co/zX7FgDALMj
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 18, 2019
Jason Leopold, where have I heard that name before… https://t.co/nIHLvertoP
— … (@jtLOL) January 18, 2019
One Of The BuzzFeed Reporters Behind The Trump Report Has A History Of Making Things Up https://t.co/ES3tze27Ds
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) January 18, 2019
Did Donald Trump direct Michael Cohen to lie under oath? Well, thanks to BuzzFeed’s uncanny ability to totally blow it, we may never know for sure. Well done, BuzzFeed! As usual.
And off we go again.
— edzepp (@Edzepp32) January 18, 2019
*yakety sax* https://t.co/jrVjY4Pexz
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) January 18, 2019
Two reporters in the BuzzFeed byline. One says he saw no documents. The other says he saw documents.
Can't wait for clarification from these firefighters.
— Lee Doren (@LDoren) January 18, 2019
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